I have an extremely similar setup, but the main issue is BANDWIDTH CAPS. All my TV viewing for a month in HD goes well over the 250GB/month Comcast allots.:(
Don't discount iTunes because of the iTunes Store nonsense. It's a great music manager, especially because it exports an XML file with all songs that can be read by other applications.
Nice music management app. I have 28GB of music in my iTunes collection, not one of them bought from the iTunes music store.
No, not really. If I take my 1991 minivan offroading, break a bunch of stuff, and take it to my mechanic to get it fixed, I would expect my car to break AGAIN if I took the same actions AGAIN.
The very definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results.
"The Radeon HD 4870 and 4850 both use a 256-bit memory bus like the 3870 before it (as well as NVIDIA's competing GeForce 9800 GTX), but total memory bandwidth on the 4870 ends up being 115.2GB/s thanks to the use of GDDR5. Note that this is more memory bandwidth than the GeForce GTX 260 which has a much wider 448-bit memory bus, but uses GDDR3 devices."
My thoughts exactly. I'm a mix of at least a dozen European nationalities (ancestors immigrated to America in the mid 1800s), but I just look like a "white guy".
Then again, maybe since I'm used to dealing with other American "mutts" my view is also skewed. It's possible that if I were to tour some European countries they could peg me as a foreigner without speaking to me.
"Devil's Due" is an episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. In this episode, the people of Ventax II believed in a devil-woman named Ardra (played by Marta DuBois). A thousand years before the episode, Ardra promised to solve all the world's problems. In return, the planet would become hers in a thousand years.
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The USS Enterprise receives a distress call from a Federation delegation on Ventax II, where the population is in a state of panic because they are convinced that their world will soon end. A thousand years ago, according to Ventaxian history, the population entered a Faustian deal with Ardra, their mythology's devil, in exchange for helping to clean and improve their heavily polluted planet. As the millennium is about to come to a close, the planet has recently begun experiencing earthquakes that were said to precede Ardra's arrival, fueling the fears of the Ventaxian people. As Captian Picard and Data discuss the matter with the Ventaxian leader, a sultry brunette appears in the chamber, announcing herself as Ardra. She proves her identity by seemingly starting an earthquake at will, and changing her form into that of both the Christian and then the Klingon devil. Ardra states that the thousand years are over and that she has come to claim the planet, including anything in orbit--that is, including the Enterprise. When Picard and Data attempt to return to the Enterprise to contemplate this development, the Enterprise disappears before their eyes.
Picard, believing Ardra to be a fraud, calls for a Ventaxian arbitration hearing, which Ardra agrees to as long as Data acts as the arbitor, due to his ability to be completely impartial despite his Starfleet position. Picard agrees to the choice of Data, knowing that he also cannot feel pressed by Ardra. The hearing reveals that Ardra never assisted the planet in cleaning up their pollution; the people improved their planet gradually after the deal was made. Despite his claims, Picard cannot convince the Ventaxian leader that Ardra is playing a con game. As the hearing continues, La Forge analyzes Ardra's power and discovers two cloaked ships in orbit: the Enterprise and another ship. La Forge relays this information to Picard, who, after a short recess, performs the some of Ardra's "tricks" for the Ventaxian leader and for Data. Picard reveals that a team from the Enterprise was able to seize Ardra's cloaked ship, and used the technology aboard it to create the same effects. Picard further explains that "Ardra" and her conspirators were simply trying to take advantage of the Ventaxian mythology. With the hearing closed, "Ardra" attempts to simply abrogate the contract but finds herself detained for her fraud by the Ventaxian government.
One, I don't seem to have the entire web-viewing population of the earth marching by my home on the sidewalk. The pictures Google may take are available to anyone who cares to look.
It just lowers the cost. I can still walk by your house, if I care to.
Two, of those that do come by many of them do not have 'photographic' memories. (and don't seem to be snapping pictures of each and every house they pass).
I can take a picture of your house as I walk by, if I care to.
Three, Even walking down the street looking at each house, one does not expect the person walking to remember many of the details for as long as they will be displayed on Google Maps.
I can take a picture of your house as I walk by, if I care to.
The world doesn't run by your standards! In greece people do not want picture of them in public view published on the internet, so they have passed laws/etc to prevent it. If you don't like it move to...
Slashdot Mirror
I have an extremely similar setup, but the main issue is BANDWIDTH CAPS. All my TV viewing for a month in HD goes well over the 250GB/month Comcast allots. :(
PS - God bless Astraweb!
Instead of Ridley Prine, it'll be Ridley Eta. Since alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, and zeta have already been used. :P
DSicade.com loads like crap in Firefox. Can't see anything. FYI
Don't discount iTunes because of the iTunes Store nonsense. It's a great music manager, especially because it exports an XML file with all songs that can be read by other applications.
Nice music management app. I have 28GB of music in my iTunes collection, not one of them bought from the iTunes music store.
Oh yes, I'm aware. Actually, the most common Erdos number is null, since 99% of the population doesn't have one.
Funny you should mention that; the 4870 is the first "good" video card I've ever owned.
Before this one I was on an AGP Mac circa 2003 with a Radeon 9000 Pro (32MB version). :)
I quite natural assumption, don't you think?
No, not really. If I take my 1991 minivan offroading, break a bunch of stuff, and take it to my mechanic to get it fixed, I would expect my car to break AGAIN if I took the same actions AGAIN.
The very definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results.
Hmmm, maybe I was right:
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3341&p=1
"The Radeon HD 4870 and 4850 both use a 256-bit memory bus like the 3870 before it (as well as NVIDIA's competing GeForce 9800 GTX), but total memory bandwidth on the 4870 ends up being 115.2GB/s thanks to the use of GDDR5. Note that this is more memory bandwidth than the GeForce GTX 260 which has a much wider 448-bit memory bus, but uses GDDR3 devices."
Different card, but you get the idea.
Ah, 448-bit vs 256-bit on the 4870. Didn't catch that, thanks for the correction.
Bleh on the GDDR3. Radeon HD 4870 I just picked up for $200 has GDDR5, just smoking fast memory.
My thoughts exactly. I'm a mix of at least a dozen European nationalities (ancestors immigrated to America in the mid 1800s), but I just look like a "white guy".
Then again, maybe since I'm used to dealing with other American "mutts" my view is also skewed. It's possible that if I were to tour some European countries they could peg me as a foreigner without speaking to me.
Norway? More like Snoreway!
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/kenya
T2 > T1 > T3. Haven't seen 4.
Case in point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ED-209
.08% is ridiculously low. Double that any maybe you're starting to get impaired.
As revealed later in this thread, FishWithAHammer is an artist who doesn't like his work "stolen".
[redneck] We don't take kindly to your folk roun here! [/redneck]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil's_Due_(TNG_episode)
"Devil's Due" is an episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. In this episode, the people of Ventax II believed in a devil-woman named Ardra (played by Marta DuBois). A thousand years before the episode, Ardra promised to solve all the world's problems. In return, the planet would become hers in a thousand years.
*************
The USS Enterprise receives a distress call from a Federation delegation on Ventax II, where the population is in a state of panic because they are convinced that their world will soon end. A thousand years ago, according to Ventaxian history, the population entered a Faustian deal with Ardra, their mythology's devil, in exchange for helping to clean and improve their heavily polluted planet. As the millennium is about to come to a close, the planet has recently begun experiencing earthquakes that were said to precede Ardra's arrival, fueling the fears of the Ventaxian people. As Captian Picard and Data discuss the matter with the Ventaxian leader, a sultry brunette appears in the chamber, announcing herself as Ardra. She proves her identity by seemingly starting an earthquake at will, and changing her form into that of both the Christian and then the Klingon devil. Ardra states that the thousand years are over and that she has come to claim the planet, including anything in orbit--that is, including the Enterprise. When Picard and Data attempt to return to the Enterprise to contemplate this development, the Enterprise disappears before their eyes.
Picard, believing Ardra to be a fraud, calls for a Ventaxian arbitration hearing, which Ardra agrees to as long as Data acts as the arbitor, due to his ability to be completely impartial despite his Starfleet position. Picard agrees to the choice of Data, knowing that he also cannot feel pressed by Ardra. The hearing reveals that Ardra never assisted the planet in cleaning up their pollution; the people improved their planet gradually after the deal was made. Despite his claims, Picard cannot convince the Ventaxian leader that Ardra is playing a con game. As the hearing continues, La Forge analyzes Ardra's power and discovers two cloaked ships in orbit: the Enterprise and another ship. La Forge relays this information to Picard, who, after a short recess, performs the some of Ardra's "tricks" for the Ventaxian leader and for Data. Picard reveals that a team from the Enterprise was able to seize Ardra's cloaked ship, and used the technology aboard it to create the same effects. Picard further explains that "Ardra" and her conspirators were simply trying to take advantage of the Ventaxian mythology. With the hearing closed, "Ardra" attempts to simply abrogate the contract but finds herself detained for her fraud by the Ventaxian government.
They are our bitches. Without readership they make no money. End of story.
ahem
bandwidth caps
Go go NSF/NIH!!!
Basic scientific research is ESSENTIAL to the health of our country.
One, I don't seem to have the entire web-viewing population of the earth marching by my home on the sidewalk. The pictures Google may take are available to anyone who cares to look.
It just lowers the cost. I can still walk by your house, if I care to.
Two, of those that do come by many of them do not have 'photographic' memories. (and don't seem to be snapping pictures of each and every house they pass).
I can take a picture of your house as I walk by, if I care to.
Three, Even walking down the street looking at each house, one does not expect the person walking to remember many of the details for as long as they will be displayed on Google Maps.
I can take a picture of your house as I walk by, if I care to.
It's just a matter of scale.
The world doesn't run by your standards! In greece people do not want picture of them in public view published on the internet, so they have passed laws/etc to prevent it. If you don't like it move to...
...the 20th century?
Close enough...the thing is essentially a PC.
What he said.
I believe the Xbox 360 has a PPC CPU.